The Nuclear Meltdown Of This Boards Is Hilarious!

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see that's the thing, they aren't, we beat on BAD teams, the ONLY good team we have beaten is detroit, and that was largely due to them running the ball instead of airing it out like they should have.

once you see teams like minnesota, carolina, arizona, **** the bucs once they start getting better, if we don't make a change we might end up being one of those bad teams because we don't simply have the brains to outsmart the good teams.

I actually think the problem is that our QB just isn't quite as good as Brees, Rodgers, or Brady.

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Oh really, cause this seemed a little bit like an assumption about the way I feel.

I bet Jesus turning the water into wine has always been your favorite Bible story.

Or maybe it was just a gratuitous shot at me. Fair enough.

Not really interested in getting into one of these circular, semantic arguments with you....

Last point: You implied, nah, you said that my thread saying that our current hierarchy w/Falcons couldn't get us a Lombardi was akin to saying everyone should be fired....now. I made a fairly logical deduction that took a leap...or a conversion to make those 2 separate ideas fit comfortably together....and then I threw in the Jesus Canaan wedding story in because I wanted to and I'm a semi-reformed smart***.

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So, you find the nuclear meltdown of disappointed fans on this board hilarious, yet the nuclear meltdown on the field leaves you completely unfazed?? I suppose you think it's admirable to cut the team some (a lot) of slack after an inexcusably horrible performance in a big nationally televised game, even though they and their coach and owner are making millions of dollars from the NFL, and then turn around and come in here with your pretentious insults and a condescending attitude toward us fans to vent your spleen? Frankly I find your attitude not admirable at all, but classless and trollish in the extreme.

I'm one of the furious savages that was calling for a house-cleaning last night and I don't feel a whole lot different this morning. The Mike Smith/Dimitroff regime has been around for four years now and it's becoming glaringly apparent that neither have any clue how a championship team is put together or coached. The conservative philosophy that is the foundation of everything Smith does in terms of offensive and defensive schemes is not standing up to the test of being capable of beating top-tier teams.

This league has moved on from the old days when a strong defense won championships and a good offense was just iceing on the cake. This is a pass-oriented, high-scoring league now. The importance of defense revolves around your team having a couple of defensive lineman who can amass 12 to 15 sacks or more per season, backed up by an aggressive group of corners and safeties who can play the fastest wide receivers in the league in man-to-man coverage and not get beaten. Our defense doesn't even resemble that kind of scheme or those kind of players. Our defense emphasizes strong linebackers to stop the run, and the running game is not what you have to stop any more, it's the pass. And speaking of the running game, clearly this team's philosophy on offense is to run, run, run and try to beat the other team 10-7. That just doesn't work any more. If you're keeping up with current events with this team, it's obvious this philosophy is a losing proposition, especially against the elite teams.

You and many others on this forum are obviously content with having a team with a winning record that gets blown out every year in the first round of the play-offs. That may be fine for you folks, but it's not for a lot of other fans, myself included. I'd rather go to one Super Bowl every few years than go one-and-done in the play-offs every year. Mediocrity sucks and its pathetic some are willing to settle for it and it certainly does NOT give you or any other homer fan on this board the right to criticize those of us who want something more ~ an entertaining, competitive team that can play with the top-tier teams in big games and not get humiliated like the current bunch did last night.

I could go on, but hopefully you get the point. Find something else to do but denigrate fans who want ~ and deserve ~ a better coaching staff and football team than the one we have now. You are not better than us or smarter than us because you're happy with the status quo. Your attitude of passive acceptance of mediocrity is actually more harmful, more toxic to having a championship team in Atlanta than our insistence on making changes until the Falcons are elite because Arthur Blank will believe what's in place is enough if that's what he gets from the fans.

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So, you find the nuclear meltdown of disappointed fans on this board hilarious, yet the nuclear meltdown on the field leaves you completely unfazed?? I suppose you think it's admirable to cut the team some (a lot) of slack after an inexcusably horrible performance in a big nationally televised game, even though they and their coach and owner are making millions of dollars from the NFL, and then turn around and come in here with your pretentious insults and a condescending attitude toward us fans to vent your spleen? Frankly I find your attitude not admirable at all, but classless and trollish in the extreme.

I'm one of the furious savages that was calling for a house-cleaning last night and I don't feel a whole lot different this morning. The Mike Smith/Dimitroff regime has been around for four years now and it's becoming glaringly apparent that neither have any clue how a championship team is put together or coached. The conservative philosophy that is the foundation of everything Smith does in terms of offensive and defensive schemes is not standing up to the test of being capable of beating top-tier teams.

This league has moved on from the old days when a strong defense won championships and a good offense was just iceing on the cake. This is a pass-oriented, high-scoring league now. The importance of defense revolves around your team having a couple of defensive lineman who can amass 12 to 15 sacks or more per season, backed up by an aggressive group of corners and safeties who can play the fastest wide receivers in the league in man-to-man coverage and not get beaten. Our defense doesn't even resemble that kind of scheme or those kind of players. Our defense emphasizes strong linebackers to stop the run, and the running game is not what you have to stop any more, it's the pass. And speaking of the running game, clearly this team's philosophy on offense is to run, run, run and try to beat the other team 10-7. That just doesn't work any more. If you're keeping up with current events with this team, it's obvious this philosophy is a losing proposition, especially against the elite teams.

You and many others on this forum are obviously content with having a team with a winning record that gets blown out every year in the first round of the play-offs. That may be fine for you folks, but it's not for a lot of other fans, myself included. I'd rather go to one Super Bowl every few years than go one-and-done in the play-offs every year. Mediocrity sucks and its pathetic some are willing to settle for it and it certainly does NOT give you or any other homer fan on this board the right to criticize those of us who want something more ~ an entertaining, competitive team that can play with the top-tier teams in big games and not get humiliated like the current bunch did last night.

I could go on, but hopefully you get the point. Find something else to do but denigrate fans who want ~ and deserve ~ a better coaching staff and football team than the one we have now. You are not better than us or smarter than us because you're happy with the status quo. You're attitude of passive acceptance of mediocrity is actually more harmful, more toxic to having a championship team in Atlanta than our insistence on making changes until the Falcons are elite because Arthur Blank will believe what's in place is enough.

Gosh Steve, I am sorry you feel that way.

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Not really interested in getting into one of these circular, semantic arguments with you....

Last point: You implied, nah, you said that my thread saying that our current hierarchy w/Falcons couldn't get us a Lombardi was akin to saying everyone should be fired....now. I made a fairly logical deduction that took a leap...or a conversion to make those 2 separate ideas fit comfortably together....and then I threw in the Jesus Canaan wedding story in because I wanted to and I'm a semi-reformed smart***.

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As unbelievable as this might sound, I am actually surprised by some of the stuff I see certain people saying today.

I mean, I expected a meltdown after that game, but not quite as throrough as what has happened.

The Saints were sharp last night, no question about it. The Falcons were keeping up fine until that hold call on Jaquizz, then the whole game changed. It was very disappointing. A serious bummer.

But really, it doesn't matter. The game didn't matter. The Saints wouldn't have lost to Carolina with everything on the line next week, so the Falcons are ultimately in the same situation.

I see people who claim that they KNOW that this team is going nowhere with this coaching staff and GM. If you honestly feel that way, then you shouldn't tune in in two weeks when the Falcons play their playoff game. Why would you watch a game that is 100% guaranteed to bring you disappointment?

The Falcons are in the playoffs for the 3rd time in 4 years and they've had 4 straight winning seasons, and most of the board wants to fire everybody.

I don't have the words.

To say that the boards are a nuclear meltdown is being over-dramatic. The fact is that many skeptics are venting and are emphasizing the fact that "I told you so", which they did. The fact is while the Falcons are a decent/borderline good team with a winning record, they cannot handle the spot light or playing tough competition.

Since you are emphasizing the meltdown on the boards, it should also be noted that the homers tend to overhype their team whenever the Falcons bully a group of scrubs and assume the Falcons are ready for prime time - clearly they are not.

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To say that the boards are a nuclear meltdown is being over-dramatic. The fact is that many skeptics are venting and are emphasizing the fact that "I told you so", which they did. The fact is while the Falcons are a decent/borderline good team with a winning record, they cannot handle the spot light or playing tough competition.

Since you are emphasizing the meltdown on the boards, it should also be noted that the homers tend to overhype their team whenever the Falcons bully a group of scrubs and assume the Falcons are ready for prime time - clearly they are not.

They definitely were not ready last night. I'm still gonna watch in two weeks, just to see what happens. You never know.

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So you actually don't know what it is like to call on God for help when watching the Falcons play? He never answers, so I am thinking about the atheist aspect as well. Or some stronger medication. j/k not that serious